Bears kicker Cairo Santos has been named the NFC special teams player of the month for December.
In four games, Santos made nine field goals without a miss, helping the Bears register three straight victories over the Texans, Vikings and Jaguars to put themselves in position to earn a wild card berth in the playoffs.
Santos finished the regular season making his final 27 field-goal attempts—last missing in a Week 3 win in Atlanta—to eclipse Robbie Gould's Bears record of 26 in a row set in 2005-06.
Santos established another single-season team mark by converting 93.8 percent of his field-goal tries (30-of-32). Gould had set the previous record of 89.7 percent in 2008 and then matched it in 2013, making 26-of-29 field-goal attempts in both seasons.
The Bears have now had a player named NFC special teams player of the month for the second straight year. Cordarrelle Patterson was honored in November 2019 for his performance as a kick returner and gunner on the punt coverage team.
Santos is the first Bears kicker to be selected as NFC special teams player of the month since Gould in December 2008.
K Cairo Santos becomes the latest member of the organization to be named NFC player of the month, marking the 25th time in franchise history a Bears player has received the honor.
K Cairo Santos - November 2023
12-14 FG, 5-5 XP
LB Robert Quinn - November 2021
5.5 sacks, 14 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 FF
K Cairo Santos - December 2020
9-9 FG, 16-17 XP
KR Cordarrelle Patterson - November 2019
29.4 AVG return yards
S Eddie Jackson - November 2018
15 TOT, 2 INT, 1 FF, 1 FR, 3 TD
OLB Khalil Mack - September 2018
5 sacks, 14 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TD
CB Charles Tillman - October 2012
2 INT, 2 TD
CB Tim Jennings - September 2012
4 INT
DE Julius Peppers - November 2011
4 sacks, 10 tackles
KR/PR Devin Hester - October 2011
30.89 yards per kick return, 1 kick return TD, 1 punt return TD
MLB Brian Urlacher - December 2010
1 sack, 32 tackles, 3 pass deflections
DE Julius Peppers - November 2010
4 sacks, 16 tackles
KR Johnny Knox - October 2009
28.92 yards per kick return, 1 TD
K Robbie Gould - December 2008
6-7 FG, 13-13 XP
KR/PR Devin Hester - September 2007
24.2 yards per kick return, 1 kick return TD, 1 punt return TD
KR/PR Devin Hester - December 2006
27.65 yards per kick return, 2 kick return TD, 1 punt return TD
K Robbie Gould - October 2006
10-10 FG, 16-16 XP
QB Rex Grossman - September 2006
64.89 completion percentage, 100.9 QBR, 829 yards, 6 touchdowns
K Paul Edinger - November 2002
10-11 FG, 7-7 XP
P Brad Maynard - November 2001
46.63 yards per punt
K Kevin Butler - October 1995
8-8 FG, 12-12 XP
K Kevin Butler - November 1994
9-10 FG, 7-7 XP
Trace Armstrong - September 1990
5 sacks
RB Neal Anderson - September 1989
718 rushing yards, 6.14 Y/A, 4 touchdowns
LB Wilber Marshall - December 1986
3 sacks, 1 interception
